Day 5- Student Guide

Supporting and Defending a Thesis: Does Nativism Exist Today?

Content Objectives

SWBAT evaluate U.S. Immigration Law, the Creation of the Mexican Border and the Arizona State Law.
SWBAT create and defend a thesis using evidence from research

Technology Objectives

SWBAT create a Blog, and respond in a thread in a Blog

In this lesson, you will learn about U.S. Immigration Law, the creation of a border that runs between the U.S. and Mexico and the controversial Arizona State Law. You will create a thesis statement claiming that the U.S. shows Nativism in its policies, or that the U.S. does not show Nativim in their policies.

Tasks:
1) Do Now - Brain Dump
2) Summarize two Immigration Laws
3) Evaluate the creation of the Mexican Border and the Arizona Immigration Law
4) Create a thesis and conduct research to support your thesis
5) Write an essay and post it to a Blog

Process:

1) Do Now: Complete a "brain dump"

List in bullet form what you know about Nativism against immigrants today in the Discussion Tab of your Day 5 wiki
Read two of your peers Brain Dumps in their wikis
Add three ideas you agree with to your dump as another Discussion in your wiki
Refer to Day 1 in your wiki to revisit your initial answer to the question: Do you believe that there is prejudice against immigrants today? Do you still have the same thoughts? At the end of this lesson you will write and defend a thesis to the same question.

2) Two Present U.S. Immigration Law

Read and Mark up the following article using the same procedure as you did in Day 2. Be sure you define words you do not know, and click on the highlighted text to find the meaning of the term.

Immigration Law

Identify two laws you read about that you believe are the most important to know.

Summarize the two laws in your own words in Day 5 of your wiki

Write a statement whether you believe these immigration laws show Nativism or Not, and Why.

3. A.) Evaluate the Creation of the Mexican Border

Read and Mark up the news article Mexican officials decry news.doc

Navigate the Southern Front an Interactive Map created by Fox News that provides updated news and videos along the Mexico Border.

Mexican Border Interactive News Map

Identify and upload one news articles or video. Some choices are:

News Article: Rio Rico, Arizona on April 15, 2010 ICE Busts Massive Human Smuggling Ring That Stretches Length of U.S.
Video: Yuma, Arizona on May, 6, 2010 12 Hours on the Border
Video: Del Rio, Texas on May 6, 2010 Gilmer Hernandezes Story
News Article: Laredo, Texas on June 9, 2010 South Texas man sentenced to 10 Years
Video: Tijuana, Mexico on May 6, 2010 Criminals Among Us

Write the main idea of the video or article in a summary statement
Write a statement stating whether you support or oppose the Mexican Boarder Activity on Day 5 of your wiki

3. B.) Evaluate the Arizona Immigration Law

The new Arizona Law on immigration signed by Jan Brewer Governor of Arizona on April 20, 2010, has raised much controversy over civil rights of all Americans.

Read and Mark up the text document using Microsoft word. Arizona Law.doc

Watch the CNN video where Jan Brewer signs the bill requiring Arizona police to determine whether a person is in the United States legally. Governor Brewer explains her reasons supporting this law.

Write a statement on if you support or oppose the Arizona Immigration law on Day 5 of your wiki

4. Create a thesis statement taking a position on the Question: Do you believe that there is prejudice against immigrants (Nativism) today? and Why?

Use your evaluation of the above events/laws to create a thesis statement. Record your thesis in Day 5 of your wiki
Conduct internet research to find one more piece of evidence to support your thesis. Below are two examples of sites:

Dream Act Fails
New Bedford Raids

Summarize and SITE the article you find on Day 5 of your wiki
Evaluate your thesis on Day 5 of your wiki, AGAIN.

5. Blogging your Essay

Using evidence from your research and the Events/Laws above, create an outline of a short essay to answer the question, Do you believe that there is prejudice against immigrants (Nativism) today? and Why? Post your outline in Day 5 of your Wiki.